Men with Chests
We have nearly forgotten what it means to be Men with Chests, and the consequences are all around us. Join me as we explore the Great Books, as we go back to the timeless ideas that built the West. In this show we pursue objective truth, goodness, and beauty; we learn about virtue as excellence (arete). We discuss the role that reason, emotion and desire all play in becoming a magnanimous man.
Episodes
76 episodes since 2023
That Hideous Strength with Brian Shepherd
Brian Shepherd is the host of the podcast "That Hideous C.S. Lewis." I was recently on his show to discuss a few aspects of That Hideous Strength. We had a great conversation. Here's the episode.
September 17, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 76
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1:08:54
Perelandra (Part 5) with Chris Pipkin
The final episode of the discussion on Perelandra with Chris Pipkin and Charlie Carter.
August 21, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 75
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1:12:31
Perelandra (Part 4) with Chris Pipkin
The battle between Ransom and the Unman
August 07, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 74
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1:32:52
Perelandra (Part 3) with Chris Pipkin
Charlie, Chris, and I continue to go through Perelandra.
July 24, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 73
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1:21:17
Perelandra (Part 2) with Chris Pipkin
The second installment of my conversation with Chris on The Inklings Variety Hour. This time, we're also joined by Charlie Carter from the Thinklings podcast.
July 17, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 72
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1:31:50
Perelandra (Part 1) with Chris Pipkin
I was recently on The Inklings Variety Hour with Chris Pipkin to discuss Perelandra. This is part 1 of our discussion. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inklings-variety-hour/id1526380888
July 10, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 71
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1:20:41
Socratic Hour: Jordan Duncan from Lesser-Known Lewis
Jordan Duncan from the Lesser-Known Lewis podcast joins me to discuss Lewis's essay "The Poison of Subjectivism."
July 02, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 70
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1:04:13
On Ethics
The finale of "On Ethics." An essay where Lewis makes the case for the universality of an ethical code.
June 25, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 69
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22:39
On Ethics
We continue our way through Lewis's essay "On Ethics," as he explores the possibility of an ethical vacuum and the idea of instinct as the grounds of ethics.
June 18, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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27:58
On Ethics
We begin a short series today on Lewis's essay "On Ethics." This essay is remarkably similar to Abolition of Man, even containing some of the same phrases found in Abolition.
June 07, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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28:37
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 2)
We finish Screwtape's toast. Lewis continues to draw out the implications of envy disguised as being "democratic." When "I'm as good as you" becomes the motto a society aims to actualize, disaster follows. https://www.instagr...
May 22, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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33:41
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 1)
We continue Screwtape Proposes a Toast, covering the first half of the essay in today's episode.Click the 5 stars if you like the show.You can follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/.Check out sisu saunas at htt...
May 14, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 65
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31:02
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Preface)
"Screwtape Proposes a Toast" is an essay of Lewis's that deals with the issue of egalitarianism in education. This essay, written after The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength, continues on the theme of Lewis's most prophetic writings. I...
May 08, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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14:33
Sisu Hour with Pete Nelson
In this Sisu Hour episode, I'm joined by Pete Nelson, the owner and founder of Sisu Sauna. You can find his company and their saunas here: https://sisulifestyle.com/If you like the show, click the 5 stars and you can follow the show at ...
April 29, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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1:00:11
Reply to Professor Haldane (Part 2)
Today, we finish Lewis's essay.
April 23, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 62
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31:48
A Reply to Professor Haldane
Having completed That Hideous Strength, we're now moving on to Lewis's response to a critique of his Ransom Trilogy by J.B.S. Haldane, a contemporary of Lewis's. This essay sheds more light on what Lewis is doing in the Ransom Trilogy and espec...
April 15, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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34:21
That Hideous Strength: Venus at St. Anne's
Christiana Hale joins me to go through and discuss Chapter 17, the final chapter of That Hideous Strength.https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/
April 08, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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1:40:31
That Hideous Strength: Banquet at Belbury
The top officials at the N.I.C.E. meet their end when bedlam ensues at a banquet. Ironically, after abusing language throughout the story, it turns out that gibberish is the cause of the N.I.C.E.'s destruction. "Qui Verbum Dei contemp...
April 01, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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32:29
Socratic Hour: Dr. David Downing
David Downing joins me to discuss his insights into That Hideous Strength. His book, Planets in Peril, was the first study of the Ransom Trilogy. Dr. Downing is one of the foremost Lewis scholars alive today. https://www.instagram....
March 26, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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1:06:16
The Return of Michael Ward
Michael Ward returns to discuss Chapter 15: The Descent of the Gods. We spend most of our time discussing the various descenders and Lewis's use of the medieval cosmos in his works. Ward knows a great deal about this, which made for a fascinati...
March 21, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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1:06:36
That Hideous Strength: The Descent of the Gods
In this episode I cover one particular scene from Chapter 15 where Mark's Chest grows because of his response to an act of impiety he's commanded to perform by Professor Frost. Later in the week, Michael Ward and I discuss this and other parts ...
March 18, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 56
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28:20
Sisu Hour: Dr. Jason Lepojarvi
Jason Lepojarvi is a native of Finland who now resides in Oregon where he is heading up the inaugural Undiscovered Lewis conference at George Fox University. As a native Finnish speaker, he made for a fitting guest to discuss the similarities a...
March 15, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 55
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51:15
That Hideous Strength: Ch. 14 (bonus episode)
In the first episode from Chapter 14, we covered the scene between Mark and Frost where Frost spells out the logical implications of his materialistic worldview. In this episode, we assess Jane's eye-opening experience. This takes us into the t...
March 11, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 54
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25:29
Socratic Hour: Dr. Gavin Ashenden
Dr. Ashenden wrote one of the first books on Charles Williams. He joins me to discuss it along with topics related to it. He also shares a bit about his days working undercover in the USSR. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/...
March 08, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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1:03:13
That Hideous Strength: Real Life is Meeting
There's a lot of ground to cover in Chapter 14, so for this episode, I just begin by looking at the first section of the chapter - Mark's interaction with Frost and his experience in the objectivity room. Frost is a logically consistent materia...
March 05, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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37:44